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Karmadillo

(9,253 posts)
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 11:41 AM Jul 2014

Crazy Lindsey Graham: "Don't Ever Turn Your Back on Israel, Because God

Will Turn His Back on Us." While the power of money explains some of the crazy policies adopted by this country, the hope for Middle East catastrophe and the Rapture drives them, too. And it's such a selective picking and choosing. Gog and Magog we can get behind, but the Imitation of Christ, not so much.



http://www.ltradio.org/articles/?admin=linkto&link=234&&quick=y

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It has been said by many who follow Bible prophecy that Israel is God's timepiece, and Jerusalem is the minute hand. If you want to understand God's prophetic program and where we are on God's timetable, watch Israel and Jerusalem (Psalm 121:4). After nearly 2,000 years of absence from its land following dispersion by the Roman armies in 70 A.D., the nation of Israel was reborn at midnight on May 14, 1948. The model God used for the rebirth of Israel was built upon the return of the Jewish people to their homeland as predicted by the prophets in many Old Testament books (Isaiah 43:1-11; Jeremiah 16:14-21; Ezekiel 20:33-44, 36:8-12, 36:24-38, 37:12-21, 38:8; Micah 4:6-8; Zechariah 13:8-9, et al.).

The return of the Jewish people to the land of Israel began around the middle of the 19th century, was accelerated by the leadership of Theodor Herzl, "the father of Zionism," in the late 1800s, and publicly acknowledged by the Balfour Declaration in 1917. Israel's return was validated by the United Nations in November of 1947 and consummated on May 15, 1948, the first day of Israel's rebirth. The process for Israel's restoration (rebirth) required increasing numbers of Jews returning to the land of Israel (aliyahs) amidst much clamor and protest by its Islamic neighbors. The hostility involving Israel's return was reminiscent of the birth pangs associated with childbirth, as prophesied in Isaiah 66 and 43:

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Worldwide political, religious, and economic turmoil has also greatly increased in intensity during the past year, with the industrialized nations meeting regularly to resolve the financial crisis caused by an unsound monetary policy. The prospect of a new world order and new international currency looms on the horizon, as anticipated by many who follow the Bible prophecy signs associated with the end of the age.

The evidence is overwhelming that we are living during "the times and seasons" of the Lord's return. Believers are admonished to "watch...and be ready," as Matthew 24:42-51 tells us, and inform their family and loved ones about what is going on prophetically. All of the "signs of the times" we see appearing indicate that the day of the Rapture is imminent and that we are approaching the "day and hour" set by God the Father (Acts 1 ) when we will "be caught up together... to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."
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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
3. I agree with the Esteemed Senator Graham
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 11:46 AM
Jul 2014

we should never turn our back on Israel...

But, then I am old enough to recall the incident involving the USS Liberty.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident

onecent

(6,096 posts)
4. Oh, yeah, I'm just breathlessly awaiting the rapture....and know I'll be swept right up into the sky
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 11:50 AM
Jul 2014

What a crock of shit!

marmar

(77,067 posts)
5. Yet this clown is featured on the Sunday talk shows every week .......
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 11:52 AM
Jul 2014

..... speaks volumes about the U.S. corporate media.


Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
6. If religion drives their politics, why can we not ask about their religion and how it influences
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 11:55 AM
Jul 2014

their politics? Is that verboten because it is too close to the truth?

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
7. And when I want to know what "God's intentions" are I turn to Lindsey Graham Cracker.
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 12:37 PM
Jul 2014

The King Graham Cracker version of the Bible is the truest interpretation of the Hebrew, not to mention Sanskrit, language in the history of mankind. Did you not realize that Lindsey Graham Cracker found real worms in cosmic wormholes? It was a discovery that caused Andy Taylor and Opie's fishing experience down by the old pond to be the guidepost by which all mankind must follow. It eventually became something that actually caused Lindsey Graham Cracker concern when he found out that Andy Griffith and Ronnie Howard were liberal Democrats.

 

kelliekat44

(7,759 posts)
8. And that's the crap that is behind It all. Misinterpretation, and use of scripture written
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 12:43 PM
Jul 2014

By the benefactors of the myth.

 

kelliekat44

(7,759 posts)
9. It doesn't seem that God turned his back on the children of Ishmael...they were set
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 12:48 PM
Jul 2014

Over all the rich lands with oil and water...until 1948.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
10. This sob is crazier than a loon
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 12:49 PM
Jul 2014

Getting crazier by the day. Done drank too much of mcGramps, (get off my lawns,) crazy ass cool aide
Lock him up in the rubber room

LuvNewcastle

(16,844 posts)
12. I heard preachers saying that from the pulpit when I was raised
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 01:08 PM
Jul 2014

Southern Baptist. There are a LOT of Americans who believe that bullshit! It needs to be discussed in the media, but that would be getting way too deep and hitting too close to home for our esteemed journalists. That fundie shit is what's been the driving force behind our Israel policy for a long time, and it needs to stop.

Christians need to face it -- Jesus is not coming back, at least not literally. Maybe you could say that he's in all of the people you come into contact with every day, but he's not coming back as a messiah to rule the Earth. After 2000 years, you'd think they would get a clue. How long have some of the Jews been waiting for a messiah? They aren't getting one either, and neither are the Muslims. Stop killing people in preparation for the coming of your goddamn messiah.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
15. "the day of the Rapture is imminent"
Thu Jul 31, 2014, 02:20 PM
Jul 2014

So sad that some of our 21st century politicians don't even have the intellectual capacity or grasp of reality of an average Art Bell guest.

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